Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your January 25 shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the January 25 offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of January 25 at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about
3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a January 25? Wrong! If the January 25 is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.
4. Questions - Got a question about January 25 then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....
5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling January 25? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about January 25 and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.
6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your January 25 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your January 25 then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the January 25 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about January 25, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your January 25, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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Events
- 41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
- 844 - Gregory IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1327 - Edward III of England becomes King of England.
- 1494 - Alfonso II of Naples becomes King of Naples.
- 1533 - Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
- 1554 - Founding of São Paulo (city) city, Brazil.
- 1755 - Moscow State University established on Tatiana Day.
- 1787 - American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons.
- 1791 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
- 1792 - The London Corresponding Society is founded.
- 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Victoria of the United Kingdom's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick, and Friedrich III of Germany (Hohenzollern).
- 1879 - The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- 1890 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- 1909 - Richard Strauss' opera Elektra (opera) receives its debut performance at the Semperoper.
- 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
- 1917 - The United States Virgin Islands is sold to the United States for $25 million.
- 1919 - The League of Nations is founded.
- 1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the France Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
- 1937 - The Guiding Light airs on radio for the first time. Also went to television making this show the longest running broadcast program in United States radio and television history.
- 1941 - Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
- 1942 - Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
- 1945 - Battle of the Bulge ends.
- 1946 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
- 1949 - At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
- 1949 - The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1955 - Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
- 1959 - Pope John XXIII proclaims upcoming Second Vatican Council.
- 1960 - The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
- 1961 - In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live President of the United States television news conference.
- 1971 - Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1971 - Idi Amin leads a 1971 Ugandan coup d'état deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
- 1971 - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
- 1981 - Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
- 1981 - Tose Proeski, Macedonian Mega Star was born in Prilep,Macedonia
- 1986 - The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
- 1994 - The Clementine mission space probe launches.
- 1994 - Australia beats South-Africa in World Series Cup.
- 1995 - The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear weapon attack after it mistakes Black Brant (rocket), a Norway research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
- 1998 - During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
- 1998 - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
- 2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
- 2002 - Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka Wikipedia:Magnus Manske Day.
- 2004 - Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars (planet).
- 2005 - A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.
- 2006 - Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star.
Births
- 750 - Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor
- 1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
- 1509 - Giovanni Morone, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism) (d. 1580)
- 1615 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
- 1627 - Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (d. 1691)
- 1634 - Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688)
- 1640 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
- 1688 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713)
- 1736 - Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (d. 1813)
- 1739 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
- 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
- 1794 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)
- 1796 - William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1852)
- 1825 - George Pickett, American Confederate States of America General (d. 1875)
- 1841 - John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British First Sea Lord (d. 1920)
- 1858 - Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954)
- 1860 - Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936)
- 1864 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)
- 1874 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1878 - Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975)
- 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
- 1886 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954)
- 1899 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
- 1900 - Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986)
- 1901 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Maurice Roy, French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Pop Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster
- 1919 - Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer
- 1923 - Shirley Mason, American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. 1998)
- 1924 - Lou Groza, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (d. 1994)
- 1928 - Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
- 1928 - Jérôme Choquette, Quebec lawyer and politician
- 1929 - Benny Golson, American jazz musician
- 1930 - Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (d. 1944)
- 1931 - Dean Jones (actor), American actor
- 1933 - Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines
- 1936 - Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1937 - Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic
- 1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author (d. 1998)
- 1938 - Etta James, American singer
- 1938 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet (d. 1980)
- 1939 - Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician
- 1941 - Buddy Baker, American race car driver
- 1941 - Gregory Sierra, American actor
- 1942 - Carl Eller, American football player
- 1942 - Eusébio, Portuguese footballer
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model
- 1945 - Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
- 1947 - Tostão, Brazilian footballer
- 1947 - Angel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1949 - John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet
- 1949 - Paul Nurse, English biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1951 - Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
- 1952 - Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1953 - Mark Weil, Uzbek theatre director (d. 2007)
- 1953 - Wayne Ferris, American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer
- 1954 - Kim Gandy, American feminist
- 1955 - Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash)
- 1956 - Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat (band), Fine Young Cannibals)
- 1957 - Jenifer Lewis, American actress
- 1957 - Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician
- 1957 - Andrew P. Harris, American politician
- 1958 - Dinah Manoff, American actress
- 1961 - Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician
- 1962 - Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player
- 1965 - Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1967 - Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Kina (musician), American singer
- 1971 - Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
- 1971 - China Kantner, American actress
- 1971 - Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer
- 1973 - Geoff Johns, American comic book writer
- 1973 - Chris Guy, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
- 1975 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete
- 1975 - Dat Phan, Stand up comedian
- 1976 - Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver
- 1978 - Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
- 1978 - Jason Roberts, English-born footballer
- 1978 - Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player
- 1979 - Pi Hongyan, French badminton player
- 1979 - Gabe Jennings, American distance runner
- 1979 - Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
- 1980 - Alicia Keys, American singer
- 1980 - Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
- 1980 - Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer
- 1980 - Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Francis Jeffers, English footballer
- 1982 - Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor
- 1984 - Ines Cudna, Polish model
- 1984 - Robinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 - Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
- 1986 - Chris O'Grady, English footballer
- 1987 - Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
- 1988 - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
- 1998 - Marlene Lawston, American actress
Deaths
- 389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
- 844 - Pope Gregory IV
- 1067 - Emperor Yingzong (Song Dynasty) (b. 1032)
- 1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic
- 1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
- 1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- 1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481)
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 - Robert Burton (scholar), English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 - Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
- 1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
- 1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
- 1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
- 1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
- 1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816)
- 1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1940 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
- 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness Book of World Records holder for most living descendants (b. 1860)
- 1969 - Vernon and Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder of Tsuburaya Productions, creator of Ultraman (b. 1901)
- 1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1975 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
- 1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)
- 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
- 1999 - Sadie and Bessie Delany, American author (b. 1889)
- 1999 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Robert Shaw (conductor), American conductor (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
- 2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2005 - Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
- 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
- 2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
Holidays and observances
- Conversion of Paul celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,
- Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
- Christian ecumenism — Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends.
- Burns supper - Burns suppers are held in many parts of the world around this date. (Originated in Scotland)
- Scientology holidays - Commemorates the 1970 founding of Criminon, a program which seeks to rehabilitate prisoners by disseminating free copies of Scientology-related materials such as The Way to Happiness.
- Roman Empire - second day of the Sementivae in honour of Ceres (mythology) and Gaia (mythology)
- St. Dwynwen's Day - Welsh celebration of love Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen.
- Tatiana Day, celebrated as the Day of Russian students since 1755, when the Moscow University was founded.
Note: The date "Jan/25/1994" is "commemorated" as a font-character in the (MS Win98) "HM Phonetic" font (@1994) -- possibly its "birthday". (See keymap-code "ctrl-2")
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada
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Events
- 41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
- 844 - Gregory IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1327 - Edward III of England becomes King of England.
- 1494 - Alfonso II of Naples becomes King of Naples.
- 1533 - Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
- 1554 - Founding of São Paulo (city) city, Brazil.
- 1755 - Moscow State University established on Tatiana Day.
- 1787 - American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons.
- 1791 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
- 1792 - The London Corresponding Society is founded.
- 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Victoria of the United Kingdom's daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick, and Friedrich III of Germany (Hohenzollern).
- 1879 - The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- 1890 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- 1909 - Richard Strauss' opera Elektra (opera) receives its debut performance at the Semperoper.
- 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
- 1917 - The United States Virgin Islands is sold to the United States for $25 million.
- 1919 - The League of Nations is founded.
- 1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the France Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
- 1937 - The Guiding Light airs on radio for the first time. Also went to television making this show the longest running broadcast program in United States radio and television history.
- 1941 - Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
- 1942 - Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
- 1945 - Battle of the Bulge ends.
- 1946 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
- 1949 - At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
- 1949 - The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1955 - Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
- 1959 - Pope John XXIII proclaims upcoming Second Vatican Council.
- 1960 - The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
- 1961 - In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live President of the United States television news conference.
- 1971 - Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1971 - Idi Amin leads a 1971 Ugandan coup d'état deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
- 1971 - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
- 1981 - Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
- 1981 - Tose Proeski, Macedonian Mega Star was born in Prilep,Macedonia
- 1986 - The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
- 1990 - Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works copyright treaty.
- 1998 - During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
- 1998 - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
Births
- 750 - Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor
- 1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
- 1509 - Giovanni Morone, Italian Cardinal (Catholicism) (d. 1580)
- 1615 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
- 1627 - Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (d. 1691)
- 1634 - Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688)
- 1640 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707)
- 1688 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713)
- 1736 - Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (d. 1813)
- 1739 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
- 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
- 1794 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878)
- 1796 - William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1852)
- 1825 - George Pickett, American Confederate States of America General (d. 1875)
- 1841 - John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British First Sea Lord (d. 1920)
- 1858 - Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954)
- 1860 - Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936)
- 1864 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934)
- 1874 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1878 - Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975)
- 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
- 1886 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954)
- 1899 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
- 1900 - Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986)
- 1901 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Maurice Roy, French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec (d. 1985)
- 1913 - Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (d. 1994)
- 1913 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Pop Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster
- 1919 - Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer
- 1923 - Shirley Mason, American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. 1998)
- 1924 - Lou Groza, American football player (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (d. 1994)
- 1928 - Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia
- 1928 - Jérôme Choquette, Quebec lawyer and politician
- 1929 - Benny Golson, American jazz musician
- 1930 - Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (d. 1944)
- 1931 - Dean Jones (actor), American actor
- 1933 - Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines
- 1936 - Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1937 - Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic
- 1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author (d. 1998)
- 1938 - Etta James, American singer
- 1938 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet (d. 1980)
- 1939 - Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician
- 1941 - Buddy Baker, American race car driver
- 1941 - Gregory Sierra, American actor
- 1942 - Carl Eller, American football player
- 1942 - Eusébio, Portuguese footballer
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model
- 1945 - Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
- 1947 - Tostão, Brazilian footballer
- 1947 - Angel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer
- 1949 - John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet
- 1949 - Paul Nurse, English biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1951 - Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
- 1952 - Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002)
- 1953 - Mark Weil, Uzbek theatre director (d. 2007)
- 1953 - Wayne Ferris, American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer
- 1954 - Kim Gandy, American feminist
- 1955 - Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash)
- 1956 - Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat (band), Fine Young Cannibals)
- 1957 - Jenifer Lewis, American actress
- 1957 - Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician
- 1957 - Andrew P. Harris, American politician
- 1958 - Dinah Manoff, American actress
- 1961 - Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician
- 1962 - Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player
- 1965 - Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1967 - Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Kina (musician), American singer
- 1971 - Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
- 1971 - China Kantner, American actress
- 1971 - Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer
- 1973 - Geoff Johns, American comic book writer
- 1973 - Chris Guy, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
- 1975 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete
- 1975 - Dat Phan, Stand up comedian
- 1976 - Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver
- 1978 - Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
- 1978 - Jason Roberts, English-born footballer
- 1978 - Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player
- 1979 - Pi Hongyan, French badminton player
- 1979 - Gabe Jennings, American distance runner
- 1979 - Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
- 1980 - Alicia Keys, American singer
- 1980 - Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
- 1980 - Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer
- 1980 - Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Francis Jeffers, English footballer
- 1982 - Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor
- 1984 - Ines Cudna, Polish model
- 1984 - Robinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 - Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
- 1986 - Chris O'Grady, English footballer
- 1987 - Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
- 1988 - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
- 1998 - Marlene Lawston, American actress
Deaths
- 389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
- 844 - Pope Gregory IV
- 1067 - Emperor Yingzong (Song Dynasty) (b. 1032)
- 1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic
- 1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
- 1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- 1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481)
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 - Robert Burton (scholar), English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 - Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
- 1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
- 1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
- 1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
- 1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
- 1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816)
- 1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1940 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
- 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness Book of World Records holder for most living descendants (b. 1860)
- 1969 - Vernon and Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder of Tsuburaya Productions, creator of Ultraman (b. 1901)
- 1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1975 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
- 1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)
- 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
- 1999 - Sadie and Bessie Delany, American author (b. 1889)
- 1999 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Robert Shaw (conductor), American conductor (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
- 2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2005 - Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
- 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
- 2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
Holidays and observances
- Conversion of Paul celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,
- Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
- Christian ecumenism — Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends.
- Burns supper - Burns suppers are held in many parts of the world around this date. (Originated in Scotland)
- Scientology holidays - Commemorates the 1970 founding of Criminon, a program which seeks to rehabilitate prisoners by disseminating free copies of Scientology-related materials such as The Way to Happiness.
- Roman Empire - second day of the Sementivae in honour of Ceres (mythology) and Gaia (mythology)
- St. Dwynwen's Day - Welsh celebration of love Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen.
- Tatiana Day, celebrated as the Day of Russian students since 1755, when the Moscow University was founded.
Note: The date "Jan/25/1994" is "commemorated" as a font-character in the (MS Win98) "HM Phonetic" font (@1994) -- possibly its "birthday". (See keymap-code "ctrl-2")
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On this day in Canada
January 25 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of the year (341 in leap years).
BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1971: Idi Amin ousts Uganda president
General Idi Amin seizes power while President Milton Obote is away on a foreign visit - troops seal off Entebbe airport.
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1971: Idi Amin ousts Uganda president. General Idi Amin seizes power while President Milton Obote is away on a foreign visit - troops seal off Entebbe airport.
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